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|term=Cross
|term=Cross
|person=No
|person=No
|description=Mariette Bey has shown its antiquity in Egypt by proving that in all the primitive sepulchres “the plan of the chamber has the form of a cross”. It is the symbol of the Brotherhood of races and men; and was laid on the breast of the corpses in Egypt, as it is now placed on the corpses of deceased Christians, and, in its ''Swastica ''form (''croix ''cramponnée) on the hearts of the Buddhist adepts and Buddhas. (See “Calvary Cross”.) {{ctd-source|TG}}.
|description=Mariette Bey has shown its antiquity in Egypt by proving that in all the primitive sepulchres “the plan of the chamber has the form of a cross”. It is the symbol of the Brotherhood of races and men; and was laid on the breast of the corpses in Egypt, as it is now placed on the corpses of deceased Christians, and, in its ''Swastica ''form (''croix ''cramponnée) on the hearts of the Buddhist adepts and Buddhas. (See “[[Calvary Cross]]”.) {{ctd-source|TG}}.
|related terms=Calvary Cross
|quotes=H. P. Blavatsky
|quotes=H. P. Blavatsky
}}
}}